In the spring of the fifth year of Wanli, the Ministry of Industry did a double cow thing, issued a list to inform the world, selected the outstanding contributions in the field of science and technology in the previous two years, issued huge rewards to the top ten, and listed the main contributors to the donation, issued by the Ministry of Rites Stone Tablet, and then pushed to customize, every two years it will be awarded ten awards for engineering contributions to promote technological development.

As soon as the award was announced, an internal list was sent by the cabinet to Chen Mu of the Beiyang Military Government.

"Who's crazy on this list, right?"

Chen Mu looked at the list of awards, and his behind-the-scenes reward donor ranked first on the list, and the reason for the award was the compilation of "Chen's Tao Te Ching", "Flag Army Drill Manual", "List of Guns and Cannons" and other scientific and military technical contributions.

Qi Jiguang ranked second with military technical contributions such as "The New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" and "The Actual Record of Military Training"; The third is the Prime Minister's Imperial Envoy Pan Jitao, who won the award for the method of 'binding water and washing sand'.

The person who ran this errand in the Ministry of Industry happened to be Xu Zhenming, who was also an official of the Ministry of Industry and Beiyang, Chen Mu pointed to the list and asked, "Can you take me there?" This list from top to bottom, net court members, vassal royal clans, ordinary people do not have one, the only one is not in office Fang Xuechuan, the merit is the translation of Europa's ancient Roman "Ten Books of Architecture" and Europa Jiajing's forty-year print "The Complete Book of Mining and Metallurgy" twelve volumes, is this award not fair enough in the selection? ”

"In fact, Chen Shuai is already very fair, if there is no more consideration, even Fang Xuegradually will not be selected, in terms of translation merits, your Excellency's staff Mr. Xu translated "Seafarer's Treasure", Chang Ji translated "Exquisite Mechanical Device", and those great Confucian families in the southeast have translated hundreds of Western books, and the top of the list is Zhang Gelao's "Examination Method", and Ge Lao is also to avoid suspicion and eliminate himself."

Xu Zhenming was about to die of sorrow, the top of the list had a reward of 10,000 taels of silver, not to mention the top of the list, even the winners of the next 5,000 taels, 3,000 taels and even 1,000 taels wanted to refuse: "Pan Gong, the prime minister of the river, did not want to accept the reward, and Zhu Zaiyu, the son of King Zheng, did not want to accept it, hoping to charge the reward into the treasury...... If you continue to be so humble, you won't be able to do this reward list! ”

"Zhang Ge Lao means that by taking advantage of this award, mobilize the minds of those wealthy businessmen who want to earn fame and fortune, and let them donate money and fame, so that the steps of the Ministry of Industry to promote the progress of the world's skills can be self-conceited, so as to reduce the financial pressure of Nanyang, and also let the ministries understand their powers and concentrate on their own affairs, but now let alone encourage businessmen to invite names, even these award-winning people are not happy."

"Gong Xu, don't worry, let's sit down and talk slowly, what is this Zheng Wang Shizi's "New Law Secret Rate", which can also be on the list?"

Chen Mu listened to Xu Zhenming's words and also felt a headache, Pan Jitao used his new technology to manage the river very effectively, and it was easy to get on the list; Zhang Juzheng's examination method has no doubt, and there is absolutely no problem in classifying it into management; Not to mention Qi Jiguang's military reform, Fang Xuejian also put a lot of hard work into translation, and more importantly, it is necessary to promote this spirit of studious spirit to the world.

But it seems that the problem, contrary to what he thought at first, was that there were too few technological reforms, and that there were too many people who could make technological contributions.

"Zheng Wang Shizi's new law secret rate is based on the traditional law and does not return, and the calculation is not refined three points of profit and loss, Zheng Wang Shizi improved this way, and the specific is only slightly understood, but the teaching imitation division has seen its secret law and obtained it to ......."

"Wait, this law is not law, how can it be the turn of the teaching imitation division to speak?" Chen Mu's face was confused, the concept that the vassal royal clan was the most useless human collection in the Ming Dynasty had been deeply ingrained in his heart, he frowned word by word, and said, "There is a shady scene." ”

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Chen Ye, who didn't learn and didn't know how to do it, was so worried about Xu Zhenming, he beat his chest and said: "Jing Haibo, this law is the study of music and law, if you don't let the teaching and imitation department judge, do you still have to let the head of the criminal department evaluate it?" ”

"The prince of Zheng Wang is a master of music, since he was a child, he learned music, astronomy, and arithmetic with his uncle He Cuifu, the head of Jingxian Academy, because of his injustice his father was imprisoned, and lived in a grass house outside the palace for 19 years, Xi Gao was alone and devoted himself to writing, until King Zheng returned to China before entering the palace, his people crossed the ancestral rules, broke the old habits, and his arithmetic attainments were superb, and he even calculated the latitude and longitude of Beijing City, and was the most virtuous among the vassal kings!"

"Prince Zheng is now compiling the "Complete Book of Music and Rhythm", and when his book is compiled, he will probably win the top spot of the year, and now he is ranked fourth.

Chen Mu was not interested in music, but after listening to Xu Zhenming's words, he hugged his arms and said suspiciously: "Can he calculate the latitude and longitude of Beijing?" Familiar with arithmetic and calendars, can he make up a new calendar for the imperial court? ”

If Zhu Zaiyu is really so talented, it is a tyrannical thing in King Zheng's mansion, and he should make more contributions to the country and the nation!

"I just came from the old mansion, Jing Haibo also knew that the old man thought so, and he also asked him to tell Jing Haibo that there was already a way for the feudal king to be sealed, and he couldn't blindly seal them all, and the emperor would issue an edict soon, and the quasi-sect would do most of the scientific and technological research and do learning, and then first punish a group of sect enclaves that were not guilty of any trouble, in order to avoid wrongdoing, if they make achievements or can be awarded, they can also be resealed and returned to China."

Okay!

Shen is middle-aged, this is planning to train the Zhu clan into great scientists.

Chen Mu laughed when he heard this, but immediately after him, he felt that this idea was wonderful!

What do scientists need most? A never-ending spirit of curiosity, a source of income that does not affect life, and a channel to obtain knowledge.

The latter two, as long as they are registered in the clan to enjoy the rice, have this condition.

As for the first type, if you don't do academic research well, you will be thrown overseas, and there is no doubt that the most naughty feudal lord will also love academic research.

"This is much higher than the discussion in recent years that require the clan to also take the imperial examination, the common people have this opportunity to turn over, and it is not bad for these clans to take the imperial examination, but it is different for them to do learning, the status has reached the extreme, and it is not bad to be a scientist, and this is a precedent, and the younger brother of Emperor Chengzu will not be a scholar."

Zhu Di's maternal brother Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, was suffocated as a pharmacist because he couldn't do anything and didn't dare to do it, and edited famous works such as "Materia Medica" and "Pu Yao Fang".

Chen Mu was so happy that he slapped the table with silly music and asked the clan to do research, this thing is so interesting, which one made chemistry famous, and directly slapped the name of his brother's ancestor up, which is the ready-made periodic table.

And the most important thing is that Zhang Juzheng finally came up with a solution for the outer seal of the sect, and it is the best solution - what is the meaning of rewarding silver for promoting scientific progress? The most outstanding contributors to science can be crowned kings!

"Don't talk about this first, that's the matter of the elder of the pavilion, and he is also Jing Haibo's colleague and subordinate, what should I do if this job can't be done? You have to talk! ”

Xu Zhenming pointed to the list and motioned to Chen Mu to give him an idea.

"I don't have any other way, but there are too many people who deserve to win awards, I think it's the reason why the awards are not clear enough, and there are a few more awards to classify these science and technology, science and science, and learn by subject, and the highest award is based on the current age of His Majesty's year as an example, such as this examination method, which is summarized into'Wanli Management Award', what twelve equal laws of King Zheng Shizi, called 'Wanli Music Law Award', as well as military science, water conservancy, geography, astronomy, medicine, metallurgy, and this."

Chen Mu said and pointed his finger at Tu Benjiao, a Fujian salt official who ranked seventh, and said: "This person who likes to eat at first glance, look, the book is called "Seafood Index", which belongs to Wanli Biology, so that the officials can specialize in their own management, economics, and military science, and other awards can be done by Zhaoli in the world, isn't it easy?" ”

"You don't have to worry about money, the idea of sponsorship is excellent, but the coverage can be a little wider, Xu Ge Lao Songjiang Lecture Academy is so big, it's not difficult to sponsor a few thousand taels, right? The business name of the city in the north, the prosperity of the city in the south, why not sponsor tens of thousands of taels of giants who go south and north? You can even set up a national research institute in the future - but these things are not in Chen's hands, you should go and consult Zhang Gelao, hey! ”

Chen Mu waved his hand, got up and slapped the list of winners back into Xu Zhenming's arms, pushed Zhao Shizhen's father-in-law out of the hall from behind, stood on the threshold and waved his hand, and waited for the back to walk out of the yamen, then he pulled a chair and sat on it, the more he thought about it, the happier he became, and laughed out loud.

"Zhu Moumou, a great scientist during the Wanli period, haha!"